ABOUT THE BOOK:

Courage Has No Color
The True Story of the Triple Nickles

Many have heard of the Tuskegee Airmen, but few know of the 555th Parachute Infantry Battalion--the Triple Nickle. These were our first black paratroopers. They proved the black soldiers could do anything their white counterparts could do. They even fought a little-known attack on U.S. soil by the Japanese!

Learn how these men paved the way for other black soldiers in the Army, and integrated the Army 6 months before Truman's Executive Order.

Tanya Lee Stone (author of Almost Astronauts) has done extensive original research and put the pieces of this story together in full historical context for readers young and old. A labor of love that has taken nearly 10 years, this story is finally able to be told, complete with more than 100 photographs. Theirs is an extraordinary story.

Booklist (starred): "Riveting...written with great immediacy, clarity, and authority."

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Tanya Lee StoneThis award-winning author writes nonfiction that is as gripping as fiction. Her books reveal little-known stories of history—often about women or people of color. She also writes poetry and fiction.